THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
768 
October 13, 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Youker, October 13, 1006. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Dry Cornstalks in Silo.757. 758 
The Draft of a Cultivator. 758 
Machine for Unloading Hay. 758 
Studying the Plant Food Question. 758 
Trouble on Sand Mountain. 750 
Run-down Soil . 700 
Hope Farm Notes. 703 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Five Hundred Hens in One House. 757 
Hens in a Crowd. 700 
A Hood Sheep Outlook. 770 
Brief Notes . 770 
Corn in a Horse Country. 770 
Shall We Raise Our Own Cows?. 771 
Thl Smallest Silo. 771 
Curing Peavine Hay. 771 
Vermont Morgan Horse. 771 
'Hie Bacon Hog. 771 
HORTICULTURE. 
Alfalfa in an Orchard. 758 
Courage Wanted for the Mulch System. . 758 
Raising Violets: Transplanting I’aeonies. 750 
Cement Benches in Hreenhouses. 750 
Peach Trees on High Ground. 760 
Raw Phosphate for Oranges. 760 
Trouble with Governor Wood Cherry. .. 760 
Wagon Racks for Apples. 760 
Notes on Bagging Grapes. 761 
The Mulch Method of Fruit-Growing... 761 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 762 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 766 
The Rural Patterns. 767 
For the 'Pop of the Dressing Case. 767 
'Hie Bookshelf . 767 
Green Tomato Pickles. 767 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Injury from Vaccination. 760 
Pumping Water with Compressed Air... 761 
Editorials . 764 
The Wadsworth Issue Is Oleo. 765 
Events of the Week. 765 
Publisher’s Desk . 760 
Products. Prices and Trade.769 
Water Problems . 770 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending October 6, 1906, wholesale unless 
Otherwise specified. The prices of grain, 
butter, cheese and eggs are based on the 
transactions of the Produce and Mercantile 
exchanges, with such revision as outside 
deals noted appear to warrant. Prices of 
other products are from reports of dealers, 
inquiries and observations of sales in the 
various market sections. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat. No. 2. red. for export — 
No. 1, Northern Duluth ins. — 
Corn, No. 2 mixed. — 
Oats . — 
@ 80% 
@ 87% 
@ 57 
@ 40 
live . 
@ 64 
No. 1 . 
HAY. 
@18.00 
@ 16.50 
@14 00 
No *> . 
.15.00 
No 3 , 
. . 13 00 
('lover, mixed 
Clover . 
.11.00 
.11.00 
@15.00 
@ 13.00 
I ,ong rve . .. , 
Short and oat. 
STRAW. 
..12.00 
. 7.00 
@13.00 
@10.00 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price $1.61 per 40- 
quart can, netting 3% cents per quart to 
26-cent zone shippers who nave no extra 
station charges. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, finest . — @ 26% 
Extras . — @ 26 
Seconds and firsts. 21 @ 24% 
Lower grades . 19 @ 20 
Storage . 21 @ 25% 
State Dairy, best. — @ 25 
. Under grades . IS @ 24 
Imitation Creamery . 19 @ 22 
Factory . 16 (a 1914 
Renovated . 15 @ 22 
Packing Stock . 15 @ IS 
EGGS. 
Selected, white, fancy. 32 @ 33 
White, good to choice".. 30 @ 31 
Mixed colors, extra. — (if 28 
Lower grades. 16 @ 24 
Storage . 18 @ 23% 
BEANS. 
Marrow, choice, bushel.2.45 @ — 
Pea. choice .1.55 (if — 
Red kidney, choice.2.70 iff — 
Yellow Eye, choice.1.60 @1.65 
Black Turtle Soup.2.75 @2.85 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, Jonathan, bbl.2.50 @4.50 
Alexander .2.50 @3.50 
McIntosh .2.50 @4.00 
Wealthy .2.50 @3.50 
Maiden Blush .2.25 @2.75 
Holland Pippins .2.25 @2.75 
Fall Pippin .2.25 @2.75 
Gravenstein .2 25 @3.00 
20-ounce .2.25 @2.75 
Greening .1.75 @2.25 
King .1.75 @2.25 
Ren Davis.1.75 @2.25 
Baldwin .150 @2.25 
Pears. Rartlett, bbl.2.00 @5.50 
Seckel .2.00 @4.00 
Clairgeau .1.50 @3.25 
Bose .2.50 @3.50 
Anjou .1.50 @2.50 
Sheldon .2.00 @3.00 
Louise Bonne.1.25 @2.25 
Le Conte .1.00 @2.00 
Kieffer .1.00 @2.50 
Plums, Damson. 8-lb. bkt. 50 @ 65 
Other kinds . 30 @ 50 
Peaches, Western Maryland 
and West Va„ carrier.... 1.25 @2.25 
Md. and W. Va.. basket.... 75 @1.50 
Up-river, basket. 75 @1.50 
Pine Island, carrier.2.00 @3.00 
Pine Island, basket. 75 @1.75 
State, carrier .2.00 @3.00 
State, basket . 75 @1.25 
Grapes, Up-river Niagara case. 65 @ 90 
Delaware, case . 75 @ 90 
Concord & Worden, carrier. 50 @ 60 
Black, 20-lb. basket. 40 @ 45 
Black, 8-lb. basket. 16 @ 18 
Black, 4-lb. basket. 7 @ 8 
Bulk. 100 lbs.1.50 @2.25 
Cranberries, barrel .4 50 @6.50 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Maine, 168-lb. bag..1.60 @1.70 
Long Island. 180 lbs.1.62 @1.87 
State. ISO lbs.1.37 @1.02 
Jersey, barrel .1.40 @1.60 
Sweet Potatoes, S’n yellow, bbl. 1.25 @1.50 
Cabbage. L. I. & Jersey. 100...2.5O @4.00 
Cucumbers, nearby, barrel.... 2,00 @6.00 
Cucumber Pickles, bushel.1.00 @6.00 
Corn, nearby, loo.. .. . 75 @1.50 
Celery, Michigan, dozen.. 1... 15 (a 50 
Jersey, dozen . 10 @ 35 
Cauliflowers, L. I.. barrel.... 1.00 @3.00 
Eggplants, Jersey, barrel.1.00 @1.50 
Lima Beans, bag. 75 @1.75 
Lettuce, W. N. Y.. 2 doz. box.. 1.00 @2.50 
Onions, Connecticut & Eastern 
white, barrel .2.50 @3.50 
Conn.. & E‘n. red.1.50 @2.00 
Conn. & E'n, yellow.1.50 @2.25 
State & W’n. white, crate.. 75 @1.00 
Orange Co., red. bag.1.00 @1.62 
Orange Co., yellow.1.25 @2.00 
Peppers, red, barrel.1.00 @1.50 
Green, barrel . 60 (<i 90 
Parsley, 100 bunches. 75 @1.00 
String beans, Jersey, bag. 35 f 'i 85 
Squash, marrow, barrel. 50 @1.00 
Hubbard. 75 (n 1.25 
Turnips. Rutabaga, Can., bbl.. 90 @1.00 
Jersey, barrel . 50 (a 75 
Tomatoes, nearby, box. 50 @ 75 
State, bushel-basket. 50 (a 75 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Spring chickens. — @ 14 
Fowls. — @ 14 
Roosters. — @ 10 
Turkeys. 14 @ — 
Spring ducks, lb. 13 @ 14 
Ducks, pair . 50 (a 80 
Geese, pair . 90 @1.50 
Pigeons. 20 @ —- 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, old . 11 @ 14 
Spring, fancy . 22 @ — 
Spring chickens, fancy. 20 @ 22 
Fair to good. 14 @ 18 
Fowls. 12% (if 15 
Ducks, Spring . 13%@ 14% 
Geese. 15 @ 20 
Squabs, best .3.50 @5.00 
I/Ower grades .1.50 @3.00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers.3.50 @6.00 
Bulls.2.25 @3.75 
Cows.1.20 @3.25 
Calves.5.00 @9.00 
Sheep.3.50 @5.50 
I .a mbs.5.75 @ 8.00 
Hogs.6.85 @7.00 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices for ton lots; smaller quantities 
proportionately higher. 
Nitrate of soda, ton. — @55.00 
Muriate of potash, 2,016 lbs.. — @41.85 
Sulphate of potash, 2.016 lbs.. — @48.15 
Dried blood . — (o 50.00 
Kaimt . — @11.00 
Acid phosphale . —• @11.00 
Basic slag. 2.016 lbs. — @17.55 
Peruvian guano, Chincha. — @40.50 
I.obos . — @30.00 
Ground bone. 3 per cent am.; 
54% per cent bone phos. . — @26.50 
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PUBLIC SALE 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE 
SEVENTH PUBLIC SALE, 
SYRACUSE, New York, October 24th, 1906. 
This offering will consist of EIGHTY HEAD OF PUREBRED 
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